November 2024 – Page 59 – Best Day Investing

Ex-FamilyMart minority shareholders secure another landmark win over Itochu buyout

By Makiko Yamazaki and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo’s high court has ruled the fair value of FamilyMart shares was 13% higher than Itochu’s buyout offer, in another landmark…

November 1, 2024

Economy

US urges Israel to extend waiver on co-operation with Palestinian banks

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel’s decision for a month’s waiver extension on co-operation between Israeli and Palestinian banks covered a “very short term” and would create “another looming…

November 1, 2024

Economy

Japan must avoid issuing debt to fund fresh spending, IMF says

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan must fund any additional spending plans within its budget rather than issuing more debt, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday, urging the government…

November 1, 2024

Economy

Asia markets start momentous month on cautious side, US payrolls awaited

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian markets started a likely momentous month on the cautious side, with shares mostly lower and Treasury yields near three-month highs on Friday, while…

November 1, 2024

Stock

Amazon’s plan to tackle Temu, Shein? Sell more toothpaste

By Arriana McLymore and Ananya Mariam Rajesh (Reuters) – Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s push to offer more everyday essentials like toothpaste is hurting its average selling prices, but it is also a…

November 1, 2024

Stock

Google brings AI answers to map applications

By Kenrick Cai (Reuters) – Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Google on Thursday announced a set of features that incorporated Gemini, its artificial intelligence chatbot, into its suite of mapping applications. Widely perceived…

November 1, 2024

Stock

OpenAI adds new search function to ChatGPT

(Reuters) – OpenAI on Thursday added a set of new search functions to its popular large language model ChatGPT, opting to integrate the feature into the chatbot instead of launching…

November 1, 2024

Economy

China’s Oct factory activity returns to expansion, Caixin PMI shows

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s manufacturing activity swung back to growth in October as an expansion in new orders led to a pick-up in production growth, signalling an improvement in the…

November 1, 2024

Economy

IMF warns of risks to Asia’s economy as trade tensions, soft China growth bite

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Risks to Asia’s economy have increased with escalating trade tensions, China’s property sector woes and the potential for further market turbulence clouding the outlook,…

November 1, 2024

Economy

South Korea export growth slows to 7-month low in blow to economic recovery

By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s export growth slowed to a seven-month low in October, missing market expectations, in a sign of cooling global demand that puts further pressure…

November 1, 2024